Mexican ARTIST FRIDA KAHLO ADORED ADVENTURE. In November, 1930, she
was thrilled to realize her dream of traveling to the United States to
live in SAN FRANCISCO, Detroit, and New York. Still, leaving her
family and her country for the first time was monumental. Only
twenty-three and newly married to the already world-famous
forty-three-year-old Diego Rivera, She was at a crossroads in her life
and this new place, one filled with magnificent beauty and horrific
poverty, racial tension, and ethnic diversity pushed FRIDA IN
UNEXPECTED DIRECTIONS. _Frida in America_ is the first in-depth
biography of these formative years spent in _Gringolandia_, a place
Frida couldnt always understand. But its precisely her feelings of
being a stranger in a strange land that fueled her creative passions
and an even stronger sense of Mexican identity. With vivid detail,
Frida in America recreates the pivotal journey that made Senora Rivera
the world famous Frida Kahlo.
CELIA STAHR is a professor at the University of San Francisco, where
she specializes in modern American and contemporary art with an
emphasis on feminist art and gender studies, as well as African and
multicultural art. She holds a Doctorate of Philosophy from the
University of Iowa and lives in the Bay Area.
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